SALT LAKE CITY — onX, an app known for providing navigation services to backcountry and off-road travelers, recently launched a map that identifies public lands that could potentially be sold by the Bureau of Land Management in the future.

According to an email sent to KSL NewsRadio, the map is the “first publicly available, easy-to-use tool.” It was designed to help policymakers and members of the public locate parcels that the government could sell.

“The outdoor community cherishes these places, and has recently fought fiercely to keep them public,” said onX CEO Laura Orvidas. “Yet the land disposal process has historically been opaque—often buried in hundreds of pages of government documents.”

Public lands have been a hot topic as of late

Land sales have recently been a hot topic. I

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